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• Family of mentally ill single mother accuse DWP of failing to protect her

  05-11-2020 17:24
  
  Exclusive: Philippa Day died aged 27 being unable to recover from coma induced by insulin overdose The family of a severely mentally ill single mother who died after being without disability benefits for several months have accused the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of failing to safeguard her.The family of Philippa Day, who died aged 27 in October last year after not recovering from a coma caused by an insulin overdose, believe she took her own life and accuse benefits administrators of
  
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• Montane Finance appoints Commercial Director

  05-11-2020 16:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Montane Finance has appointed David Booth as Commercial Director.
  Booth, who joins the business at the beginning of November, has an established career and expertise in finance, specialising in Hospitality, Property and Care Homes. He has worked for a number of Banks over the past 35 years, latterly as Senior Relationship Manager for Allied Irish Bank (GB).
  Montane was established in 2019 and is a boutique, independent broker, supporting the hospitality and healthcare sectors across the UK with
  
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• Family plead for change to care home rules after daughter's arrest

  05-11-2020 14:36
  
  Ylenia Angeli, 73, was detained after trying to remove mother, 97, from east Yorkshire care homeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe family of a retired nurse, who was arrested for trying to take her 97-year-old mother out of a care home before lockdown, have pleaded with the government to relax rules on care home visits.Ylenia Angeli, 73, was detained by police after trying to remove her mother, who has dementia, from a care home in east Yorkshire. Continue read
  
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• Fife company wins Scottish Care Award

  05-11-2020 09:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Homecare provider, Oran Care, has been recognised as an industry leader in innovation after winning this year’s Scottish Care Award for Technology and People.
  Oran Care, who are graded at 5 (very good) in all categories by the Care Inspectorate, has provided highly-trained specialist carers for older people living at home since 2010. As part of their mission to raise the standard of care at home, the Fife-based company are committed to finding new ways of using technology to improve the st
  
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• EHRC launch inquiry into BAME inequalities in health and social care

  05-11-2020 09:30
  
  Human rights watchdog will consider issues that have put minorities at ‘greater risk’ across England, Scotland and WalesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBritain’s human rights watchdog has begun an inquiry into inequalities experienced by people from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities who work in health and social care.The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it will consider the “structural issues which have left peo
  
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• Mayor of Sandbach pays special socially-distanced visit to Cheshire home

  05-11-2020 06:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cllr Geraint Price Jones, Mayor of Sandbach and Mayoral Consort, Mrs Price Jones paid a visit special ‘socially distanced’ visit to Cheshire’s newest luxury care home, Elworth Grange, to mark the recent opening and officially welcome the team and residents into the community.
   
  Elworth Grange care home on Booth Lane is one of care provider, Ideal Carehomes, newest sites which has benefitted from a £10 million investment and provides all the finishing touches you woul
  
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